Re: fire safety

["David Trimmell" <davidt-at-pond-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hello,

Although not a expert (at anything ;-)), I would hazard that the "levels"
of O3 generated by a standard "indoor" Tesla Coil would not come close to
generating enough free Ozone to make a difference. Although deadly
concentrations can accumulate for many organisms (us!). Just IMHO.

Regards,

David Trimmell
www.ChaoticUniverse-dot-com

At 07:30 PM 8/23/00 , you wrote:
>Original poster: Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com 
>
>Hi Macolm,
>
>Although I am not personally trained in hazardous materials, I 
>would gander that ozone would considerably accelerate the ox-
>idation process of burning, since ozone is a very potent oxidi-
>zing agent. Anyone who has done much prolonged coiling in
>a relatively unventillated room can attest to the fact that exposed
>metal surfaces rust and corrode more quickly than -at- ambient
>conditions. I think a previous posting placed the TLV of O3 at
>0.5 PPM. Pretty potent stuff to say the least. TLV- Threshold
>Limit Value, PPM- Parts Per Million.
>
>Good, Safe Coilin',
>David R.
>
>
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